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The Benedict Family History News
Formerly The Benedict Family News

Volume 6 Number 4 Spring 1999, pp. 41-54

Editor: Mary Alice Benedict Grindol

Table of Contents This Issue

Platt Benedict, Founder of Norwalk, Ohio

Researching Benedicts in Periodicals and Books

Thomas E. Benedict, Public Printer

Benedict - Jones Birthday Book

Miscellaneous Benedict Notes

Benedicts in Ohio 1850

George Grenville Benedict (Vermont)

Church - Benedict Bible Record

Pvt. Stephen Benedict, War 1812 Claims

Queries: BENEDICT/ PUTNAM/ WILKINS/ BETTS/ DEPEW

Charles A. Benedict, Mississippi Riverboat Pilot

Platt Benedict, Founder of Norwalk, Ohio and His Benedict Descendants
From The Fireland Pioneer (Norwalk, Ohio: Fireland Historical Society, 1902) Vol. 14, Dec. 1, 1902, pp. 919 - 92

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----------Platt Benedict ---------Jonas Boughton Benedict

 

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David DeForest Benedict --Frederick Platt Benedict

Platt Benedict[6 Jonas,5 Daniel,4 Daniel,3 Daniel,2 Thomas,1] was born at Danbury, Connecticut, March 18, 1775, and was of the sixth generation of Benedicts in America. He married, November 12, 1795, Sarah, daughter of Daniel DeForest, of Wilton, Connecticut. She was born August 27, 1777, and died June 24, 1852, at Norwalk, Ohio. Their children were:

Clarissa, born September 4, 1796; married Hallet Gallup, April 9, 1820; died January 11, 1878, at Norwalk, Ohio, leaving two sons and four daughters now living in Norwalk, Ohio, viz.: Catherine, Maria (wife of Marlin A. Dunton), Carroll, Sarah (wife of Henry Brown), Caleb H. and Lizzie F.

David Mead, born August 17, 1801; married September 24, 1833, to Mary Booth Starr; and died June 16, 1843, at Danbury, leaving no issue.

Daniel Bridgum, born June 1, 1803; died September 9, 1827, at New Orleans, Louisiana. Not married.

Jonas Boughton, born March 23, 1806; married October 8, 1829, to Fanny, daughter of Henry Buckingham, and died at Norwalk, Ohio, July 29, 1851, leaving one son, David DeForest, and one daughter, Fanny B., who married Louis H. Severance, of Cleveland, and died August 1, 1874. Married as second wife Caroline Chapman, May 26, 1842; no issue.

And Eliza Ann, born August 27, 1812; married William Brewster, May 1, 1832, and died August 17, 1840, at Norwalk, Ohio, leaving two sons, both of whom died in childhood.

June 17, 1856, he married, as his second wife, Mrs. Lavina P. Benton, of Republic, Ohio, who survived him and died February 9, 1875. No issue.

David DeForest Benedict of the eighth generation of Benedicts in America, was born at Norwalk, Ohio, August 1, 1833; graduated from Kenyon college in 1856 as a Bachelor of Arts, and from the Cleveland Medical College in 1858 as an M.D. October 14, 1856, he and Harriet M. Deaver, of New Haven, Huron county, Ohio, were married. January 14, 1852, he enlisted as a contract surgeon and was appointed by Gen. McCook as medical director of the hospitals at Louisville, Ky. February 5, 1863, he was commissioned assistant surgeon of the 17th Ohio and served under Generals Buell and Rosecrans in most of their campaigns in the west. September 20, 1863, after

the battle of Chickamauga, he refused to leave the wounded and escape, and as a result suffered the horrors of Libby Prison until exchanged in November, 1863. After a few months furlough he rejoined his regiment June 27, 1864; was promoted as a field surgeon May 6, 1865, and was mustered out, after the war closed, July 21, 1865. During his service he was placed in charge of a smallpox hospital at Mumfordsville, Tennessee, and was one of the immortal legion that marched with Sherman to the sea. Just as the twentieth century was dawning, January 5, 1901, he joined the "bivouac of the dead on fame’s immortal camping ground." The one supreme sorrow of his life was the loss of his only son "Fred," a bright, lovable, manly boy just budding into manhood, who was taken away from him March 11, 1885. Forgetting that he himself was the last of the line, he mourned for his boy as "The last of the Benedicts." The direct lineal descendants of Jonas Benedict of the fifth generation of Benedicts in America are very numerous, but "David" was the last male of the line. At the time of his death he was a member of the Whittlesey Academy Association; senior warden of St. Paul’s Episcopal church; treasurer of the Home Savings and Loan Co.; trustee of the Norwalk Cemetery Association; a director of the Firelands Historical Society, and a member of the Loyal Legion.

About 1846, there stood on the corner where the Whittlesey Academy now stands [1902], a small frame building used as a barber shop by Robert Shipley whose irritable temper incurred the dislike of "the boys." One Fourth of July night a large cannon was fired into the building, carrying away a large part of its front. When asked by his father: "David, were you one of the boys who destroyed Shipley’s front?" "Yes, sir." "Who were with you?" "I was one, but I will never tell on the others." "All right, my boy, I will pay the bill." That was the boy that a Confederate army could not drive away from his wounded and dying comrades on the field of Chickamauga. True to his friends, faithful in all the relations of life, remembered by all with affection and love. His faithful wife survives him and their descendants are as follows:

Mary Deaver, born July 26, 1857.

Harriott Melvina, born January 6, 1859; married to Henry W. Owen, Jr., October 14, 1881, who died July 8, 1889. On September 28, 1897, was married to William B. Benham.

Agnes Caroline, born February 11, 1861; married Frank D. Wickham, October 14, 1886. Children: Eleanor Shaon [?Sharon], born October 4, 1887; Harriott Benedict, born May 23, 1890; William Preston, born September 13, 1893; Lucy Preston, born July 31, 1897.

Fanny Buckingham, born January 14, 1863; married Andrew J. Hottel, October 14, 1889, who died August 9, 1899. Children: David Benedict, born July 22, 1890; Mary Harriott, born March 14, 1895; Agnes Edna, born October 2, 1897.

Frederick Platt, born April 7, 1866; died March 11, 1885.

Ellen Eliza, born June 21, 1868; married Louis W. Wickham, August 9, 1892. Children: Suzan Cora, born June 25, 1893; Cora Taber, born February 23, 1895; Frederick Benedict, born April 8, 1900.

Suzan Rosa, born November 29, 1873. (End)

Researching Benedicts in Periodicals and Other Published Works
The Editor

Last issue, we devoted two articles to techniques for genealogical research on the internet, using the Benedict family as an example. In this issue, we have placed emphasis on previously published works, several "hidden" in periodicals or obscure history books.

In recent years, genealogical periodical research has been made much easier with the creation by the Allen County Public Library in Fort Wayne, Indiana, of the Periodical Source Index (PerSI). Originally a multivolume set of books, updated annually and so expensive that only libraries were likely to own it, PerSI is now available on CD-ROM and priced within the reach of most serious researchers (the 1999 version has just been released by Ancestry.com). This index aided us greatly to ferret out most of the articles we feature in this issue. We hope to bring you more in the future. Copyright restrictions will be respected.

The editor found the connection of Platt Benedict (front page) to Norwalk, Ohio an ironic twist. Her own family had court dealings in that Huron County seat, though Platt is not her ancestor. Might we have suspected that a place called Norwalk would have a connection to the home of the Benedicts (Norwalk, Connecticut)?

Terry Heismann, who wrote our lead article last issue, is with us again, this time with the results of searches in historical books beginning with the biography of Thomas Edsall Benedict and including the miscellaneous notes.

Thomas E. Benedict, Public Printer

From Herringshaw, Thos. W., A Biographical Review of Prominent Men and Women of the Day with Biographical Sketches and Reminiscences... (Chicago: A. B. Gehman & Co., 1889), p. 341. More details of his life, marriages (1) to Frances M. Freer nee Akerly and (2) to Eva Ford nee Dutcher, and children, can be found on pages 148 - 149, Genealogy of the Benedicts in America, Vol. 2 (1969) by Elwyn E. Benedict. Text in brackets [ ] is information taken from the genealogy and does not appear in the biography here transcribed.

"Thomas E[dsall] Benedict
born in 1839

"The subject of this sketch, Thomas E. Benedict[8 Rev. William Lewis,7 William,6 James,5 James,4 James,3 John,2 Thomas,1], is a native of New York. He is a printer and publisher by trade, and for some years ran a political paper in aid of the New York democrats. He was elected and served three years in the legislature of his native state. In 1886 he was appointed to the position of public printer at the national capital.

"The government printing office is the largest printing and binding establishment in the world. It does all of this kind of work that is needed by the government, except the fine work specially entrusted to the treasury bureau of engraving and printing.

"The public printer is under heavy bonds to account for the money received by him, and on the strength of these bonds, money is advanced to him by the secretary of the treasury to keep the office "going" until the work is finished and charged to the proper appropriation.

"Congressmen and executive officers authorized to order printing at government expense, deal directly with the public printer, who is accountable chiefly to the congressional committees on printing. The average number of persons employed in this department is fifteen hundred. They are well paid, but retain their places only by favor of the managers or of congressmen who claim the right of work for proteges."

The Benedict — Jones Birthday Book

Reprinted with permission form The Ohio Genealogical Society Report, Volume 15, No. 1 (713 South Main St., Mansfield OH 44907-1644: The Ohio Genealogical Society, Spring 1975) pp. 40 - 43. Rather than merely extracting the Benedict names in this piece, we have reproduced it in its entirety. Because they were important to the compilers of the original book, should they be your ancestors, we assume that you will want to have all of the names.

Names found in the "Longfellow Birthday Book," Houghton, Mifflin & Co., 1881, compiled by Nellie (Benedict) Jones, Frank Scott Jones, and Anna Gold (Leonard) Slack Jones, all of Cardington, Morrow Co., Ohio. Submitted by Frances Nees Slack, 7318 Maple St., Mentor OH 44060. Note: "R.V.S." indicated Raisin Valley Seminary; "*," faded or uncertain entry. 1971.

JANUARY

1 1863 Amanda * Kirpatrick 1892

R.V.S. Otis Coffin 1779

4 Mary C. Suttor* 1888

5 R.V.S. Laura D. Smith 1881

6 Fannie Belle Benedict 1892

7 Lida G. Romick 1841

Oliver D. Dillingham 1852

Dale S. Alcorn 1898

9 Emma H. Burns* 1883

Elbert S. Benedict 1894

11 Fanny E. Benedict 1867

Charles R. Baldwin 1864

Minerva Osborn 1835

12 Esther B. Williams 1881

Annie G. Williams 1883 Windsor

13 Phebe R. Levering 1830

Mary K. Benedict 1850

14 Cynthia T. Harkness 1818

15 Greenlief Benedict 1864

Mary Elnora Benedict 1889

16 Myrtle Spratt 1907

17 Ed. I. Johnson 1874

Morris Libius Jones 1902 married Aug 26, 1923 Friday

A. W. James 1847

18 W. J. Benedict 1889 died July 18, 1889

19 Martha Wheeler* 1877

David H. Binns 1886

Malissaa Jones Drake 1856

24 Calvin W. Pritchard 1856

25 Levi Wood 1815

26 Esther T. Pritchard 1840

29 John Earl Luxon* 1888

Florence Switzer 1882

Ruthanna Jones 1936

FEBRUARY

2 J. F. Lanning 1882

3 Tryphena Morris 1855

5 Thomas H. Levering 1855

7 Calvin J. Morris 1853

Mable Clum 1885

12 R. V. S. Lena B. Lydamore 1883

Ruth Trusdell Osborn 1890

13 Emma (Reid) Baldwin 1861

Ed Meeker 1867

18 Grace L. Williams 1882

David Binns 1837

21 W. B. Denman 1850

22 Jennie P. Benedict 1844

Anna Wolfe 1848

23 Cemantha Dillingham Martin 1881

Lena Carnes 1878

25 Alice J. Cowgill 1864

R. V. S. Roy L. Knight 1883

Ed Terry

26 L. A. Benedict 1834

d Aug 16, 1908

R. V. S. E. T. Armstrong 1876

27 Mary E. Smith 1879

29 Cora Trusdell Gist 1892

MARCH

1 John Osborn 1827

Cora J. Osborn 1886

R. V. S. Leila M. Hervey 1881

2 Bida Osborn 1883

W. H. Binns 1848

4 Martha W. Benedict 1867

R. C. Williams 1877

Raymond Lackey 1888

5 George Osborn 1847

Oscar L. Martin 1879

10 Mr. Laffa Lenard 1873

Cloyd Thompson 1903

14 Miss Olive Vail 1892

Helen Jeanette Alcorn 1920

15 Beth Satterthwaite 1890

16 Mattie O. Eddy 1857

Leo David Yeutter 1920

18 E. S. Benedict 1866

George Livins Benedict 1906

Mary Alice Younglove 1912

Hannah Elizabeth Jones 1922

20 Susie M. Levering 1863

Arthur E. Williams 1885* 1896

21 Aden Pim 1854

Grace Denman 1887

22 Joy James 1878

23 Pricilla Rogers 1821

24 Malvern Dale Alcorn 1922

26 Mrs. L. Kern 1834

27 G. Canby Levering 1875

Hattie H. Osborn 1857

Carrie S. Buck 1851

28 Wm. H. Benedict 1863

Mary Evans 1838

29 Ralph G. Levering 1871

Daniel Benedict 1807

Maggie E. Evans 1853

30 Addessa Stewart 1848

31 Charles Edward Benedict 1908

APRIL

2 R. V. S. W. H. Younglove 1871

3 Polly Welch 1807

4 Susan E. Ross 1846

6 Aaron Willard Benedict 1898

Lima Corinne Slack 1914

7 R. V. S. Leslie A. Bailey 1898

10 P. H. Benedict 1870

11 Alice M. Bunker 1850

Fred O. Russell 1880

Clementine* Keagy 1875

Jesse M. Jones 1888 married Apr 26 ‘14

" May 20 ‘20

14 Thomas Bunker 1811

Mr. George Grows 1875

Alice Satterthwaite 1888

15 Wm. H. Harris 1841

Arthur Kopplien 1892

Pauline Terry 1900

16 Annie Earl 1847

Marthellen Jones Cain 1918

20 Allen W. Eddy 1847 died Feb. 8 - ‘24

21 Challie* Randolph Hurley 1869

23 Irah McDuistion* 1886

24 Cecil V. Osborn 1888

25 J. J. Osborn 1860

29 Ella W. Benedict 1848

Grace M. Benedict 1878

Esther A. Rosebrough 1906

30 Mollie W. Lee 1862

Minnie Ong 1878

MAY

1 Rilla A. Benedict 1881

2 Solon Luxon 1886

3 Seth C. Osborn 1850 died 1927

6 Grace Hillman 1875

8 Elma C. Levring 1857

9 R. V. S. 1898 C. N. Brittain 1877

Edna Kneisley 1899

10 Emma D. Meade 1869

Ralph Ross Jones 1875

13 Frank W. Williams 1877

16 Susan H. Benedict 1840

B. Agusta Osborn 1879-80

18 Myrtle Taylor Conaway 1878

19 Mary Dillingham 1850

Darwin Williams 1880

20 J. * Carl Morris 1882

Mrs. J. M. Baxter 1871

21 Laura Main Bailey 1877

22 Laura J. Benedict 1862

d 6/18/1889

23 R. B. Meeker 1826

L. Elizabeth Meeker 1831

24 Mrs. C. D. Brollier 1879

26 R. V. S. 1877 Mrs. W. H. Younglove 1898

27 Lawrence Hawkins 1897

29 Maggie Peck Terry 1876

30 Frank R. Isaacs 1886

F. L. Benedict 1876

Robert W. Jones 1912

JUNE

2 John O. Dell Gist 1910

4 Henry G. Binns 1877

Audie Lloyd 1876

R. V. S. Elinor Bancroft 1878

7 Lulu S. Benedict 1886 d Jan 19 - 1888

Ruth Lucile Jones 1900

8 May E. Osborn (Benedict) 1875

10 Esther L. Levering 1819

R. V. S. Vinora Beal 1879

15 Elwood Bunker 1846

William Martin 1846

16 Rachel J. Parker 1835

Lorinda Doris Peck 1901

20 Ruth Esther Benedict 1900

23 Lydia S. Johnson 1838 d March 18 - 1874

R. V. S. Jessie L. Rawson 1880

24 Hariate Hurly 1835

Clara S. Osborn 1877

Laura S. Osborn 1861

26 M. J. Benedict 1845 d 1927

27 Susan Benedict 1837

R. V. S. Deora* Haviland 1884

Opal Kneisley 1891

29 Sarah Osborn 1853

Emma Martin 1858

30 Allen Jay Binns 1890

d March 26, 1901

Edna Salisburh 1882

d Apr 17, 1903

JULY

2 Anna B. Townsend 1878

3 Arnold S. Reid 1866

Joseph C. Baldwin 1833

Ruth C. Osborn 1807

R. V. S. Alice Westgate 1884

5 Paul Edward Jones 1903

Zetta Bush 1898

Merl Frantz 1897

6 Esther M. (Cox) Jones 1910 m May 4 ‘35

7 Joseph H. Miller 1819

John Dugan 1903

8 Deffie S. Williams 1880

Robie Meeker 1879

9 J. A. Shaw 1861

R. V. S. Leon Kelley 1879

10 Clyde Bunker 1874

Direxa H. Wood 1856

12 Walter Binns 1881

16 Florence R. Osborn 1886

R. V. S. Fannie E. Westgate 1882

18 Florence E. Jones 1884

Benton Cores* 1897

21 Carrie A. Wood 1837

22 Phebe H. Benedict 1808 d Aug 21* 1885

John Vinton Potts 1836

27 J. S. Harkness 1813

Rachel A. Russell 1873

Emma Kneisley

28 Cyntha W. P. Wood Russell 1840

29 Mary Benedict 1873 Salem

30 Luella Hall 1880

31 Lovina H. Benedict 1843

Agga Benedict 1854

AUGUST

1 C. Christie Benedict 1868

M. Lulu Bunker 1876

4 Olive Jones 1910

Louise Hutcheon 1894

5 Mr. Orton A. Reid

Katherine Elisabeth Westbook

6 Elizabeth M. Sutton 1880

7 Edith E. Townsend 1872

Lester P. Benedict 1858

Lulu M. Jones 1872

8 S. D. Woods 1872

Jesse Reams 1878

James G. Binns 1881

Josephine Jones 1878

10 Griffith Levering 1818

11 Thomas Wood 1832

12 Sherman B. Cope 1864

13 George J. Wood 1830

16 Walter S. Benedict 1870

Charlotte M. Martin 1882

Richard L. Slack 1921

17 Derwood Hurley 1894

John Kneisley d 1925

18 Hugh Benedict 1896

Bruce Baxter

19 L. M. Benedict 1842

F. M. Hurley 1861

21 Katherine B. Guthrie ‘72

24 Francis W. Benedict 1885

Warren Harris 1880

25 Millie R. Osborn 1858

Cecil Osborn

Grace Emma Sterritt 1896

26 Nellie R. Benedict 1880

or Nellie B. Jones d 3/24/1922

27 R. V. S. Tom M. Birdsall 1879

28 J. M. Baxter 1867

Richard Binns 1834

29 Bernice LaVelle Jones 1893 d July 14, 1917

Ruth E. Jones 1918

30 Ray W. Benedict 1884

Ethel Benedict 1882

d Jan 12 - ‘23

Lottie Switzer 1880

Fred E. Jones 1880

31 Fannie Bryan 1878

SEPTEMBER

1 Myrtle O. Brown 1871

Laurella Pim 1851

R. V. S. Winnifred Bradish 1880

3 Marue Ferguson 1892

4 Chas. E. Wood ‘58

6 R. Ella Levery 1853

8 Katie O. Benedict 1875

Cora E. Benedict 1861

William Henry Slack 1919

9 Laranche Finley 1876

11 Emma J. Cattell 1858

Alice S. Osorn 1888 (Osborn?)

12 Elizabeth V. Benedict ‘96

Harley Bowerman ‘79

D. Reason Kibbey

Eva D. Jones 1898

13 Susan Elizabeth Skiles 1937 L. A. Calif

14 Allie Benedict 1874

Laura Williams 1874

Mattie Showmaker 1870

15 Pearl Dorman* 1878

16 Mary Binns Benedict 1838 mama

18 Esther Jane Brown 1810

19 R. V. S. Perry* Schuyler* 1880

21 Grace Ethel Jones 1926

Morris dau

23 Sarah P. Sutton 1889

27 W. Elmor Osborn 1856

28 Ruth Esther Bennett Jones 1897

married Morris Aug 26, 1923

29 Florence Dorman 1880

August 26, 1897

30 James B. Lee 1856

Robbie W. Rice 1878

Earl C. Slack 1884 d Sept 14, 1924

Ada Maxwell 1894

OCTOBER

1 Anna G. Birdsall Pettit 1882

Genevieve Kenyon 1903

2 Richard Wood 1820

3 G. G. Benedict 1845

5 Mary B. Leonard 1880

9 Fidelia C. Parker 1869

11 Frank M. Buck 1846

Mary Binns 1886

Lois B. Osborn 1882

Willets C. Binns 1879

Helen Epley Alcorn 1897

12 Edna Bunker 1880

Lou B. Terry 1877

14 Frank Scott Jones 1877

16 Eva Kees 1848

Clara P. Bell 1878

Hannah E. Jones 1848

married Sept. 4, 1872 mother

died Nov. 21, 1930

17 Will P. Brown 1868

Ethel King 1881

Florence M. Jones 1884

18 B. Lanna Martin 1887

19 L. Belle Luxon* 1884

Lela Frantz 1901

20 Rachel Ann Levering 1861

Edith Collins 1868

Evan DeMuth Jones 1902

22 Anna Osborn 1850

Evan D. Jones

24 Mrs. A. A. Vail 1866

Miss Ethel Vail Born 1893

25 Virgil P. Buck 1883

Ethel K. Osborn 1883

27 Baby boy C. B. 1916

28 James Morris Jones 1844 died Aug 8 - 1887

29 Lizzie S. Osborn 1855

Opal G. Eiche 1906

30 Flossie Meade Benedict 1890

NOVEMBER

1 Jane Reid 1842

2 Mary S. Shaw 1866

Laura L. Doty 1882

4 Bertha (Stewart) Gilson 1871

7 Oliver Holden Binns 1857

R. V. S. Lewis Kenyon 1878

Ralph Richard Jones 1920

8 Jennie Evans Peck 1848

10 Susie L. Johnson 1882

Phoebe Katherine Benedict 1902

11 Effie B. James 1880

14 David Hutcheon 1888

15 Daniel H. Wood 1838

Louis C. Haldy 1856

17 Gold Leonard Slack 1889

18 Mary E. Levering 1843

19 Olie O. Ansbaugh 1864

Orlena Pearl Ramsey 1890

20 Anna Spratt 1883

24 Charity Benedict 1835

C. B. Benedict 1861

26 Francene L. Osborn 1869

27 Amelia T. (Benedict) Stanley 1831 d Feb 10 - 1871

Minnie Barker R. V. Sem. 1880

Elaine Benedict 1914

28 Lena Morris 1880

30 Abbigail Dillingham 1882

Frank Walworth 1880 R. V. S.

Ida W. Faust 1871

Mary Margaret Farrington 1908

DECEMBER

2 Mattie H. Wood 1860

Alma Hawkins 1900

2 Ruth Lyday Frantz 1901

3 Annette R. S. Townsend 1846

4 Eliza G. Benedict 1848

Wm. Spratt 1865

5 Blanche P. Titus born 1884

6 Ramona Leila Benedict 1894

11 Florence M. Knight Bowerman 1881 1897 Adrian, Mich. R. V. Sem.

Paul Maxwell 1893

13 Mary E. Cowgill 1878

14 Imogene Shaw Snyder 1886

15 Mary Elizabeth Wood 1894

Clyde D. Brollier 1877

19 Benjanin Binns 1883

20 Virgil May 1894

21 Lottie A. Osborn 1859

R. V. S. Luell Whinnery Kenyon 1882

22 Etta A. Wood 1862

Lillian E. James 1872

23 Mary B. Wood 1836

Minnie Meeker 1868

25 Elma Binns 1840

28 F. E. * Howell 1878

29 Mattie M. Baldwin 1860

Martha A. James 1846 died May 22, 1918

Mildred Eager 1851

(End of Birthday Book)

Church - Benedict Bible Record

Reprinted with permission from Lake Lines (Painesville, Ohio: Lake Co. Chapter of the Ohio Genealogical Society, 1991) Vol. 18, No. 1, Jan. 1991, pp. 24, 25. Editor’s note: we are unable to identify this family in either Vol. 1 or Vol. 2 of The Genealogy of the Benedicts in America. Charles F. Benedict named herein may possibly be the same that appears on p. 195, Vol. 2, G of BA (Lucien L.,7 Ziba,6 Capt. Benajah,5 John,4 John,3 James,2 Thomas,1). His family is not carried forward in either volume of the genealogy.

"This Holy Bible was originally owned by Harriet N. Church, bought by her husband, G. Augustus Church. This Bible was published by J.B. Lippincott & Co. in Philadelphia, 1860. Marginal Notes, Philological and explanatory notes. An analysis and compendium of the Holy Scriptures. This Bible is bound in red leather, tooled and chased in gold, with leaves gold-edged. It is

11-½ in. high, 9-½ in. wide and 3-¼ in. thick. It is now [1991] owned by Mrs. Platt Rust, 114 E. South St., Painesville, Ohio.

"MARRIAGES

Gustavus Adolphus Church and Harriet W. Gray married Jan. 25th., 1857

Miss Sylvia H. Church and Charles F. Benedict married Nov. 29th., 1883

Miss Emma Church and Leon M. Brown married Jan. 4th., 1888

Laura E. Benedict and Platt W. Rust July 15, 1908

Edith H. Benedict and William A. Strong Sept. - 1910

Grace I. Benedict and Luther M. Sanford Nov. 25, 1913

Leon G. Benedict and Ella Pihl April 16, 1914

Harriet L. Sanford and Richard C. Bowden June 8, 1933

Natalie I. Rust married to Harvey M. Goldbarth Dec. 21, 1946

"BIRTHS

Gustavus Adolphus Church born Dec. 8, 1824

His wife, Harriet Nellie Gray born Apr. 20th., 1824

Harriet Sylvia Church born June 8, 1859

Eva and Emma Church (Twins) born May 10, 1866

Laura Evalyn Benedict born May 28, 1884

Edith Harriet Benedict born Oct. 27, 1885

Leon Gray Benedict April 19, 1888

Grace Isabel Benedict Jan. 20, 1890

Natalie J. Rust May 25, 1912, Painesville, O.

Charles R. Benedict Nov. 10, 1914, Conneaut, O.

George A. Benedict Feb. 26, 1917, Conneaut, O.

Manda Benedict Feb. 17, 1921, Conneaut, O.

Harriet S. Sanford Nov. 13, 1914, Painesville, O.

Phillip B. Sanford Dec. 12, 1916 "

Phyllis J. Sanford Feb. 25, 1922, Painesville, O.

Hazel C. Sanford Dec. 10, 1924, Painesville, O.

Richard Clayton Bowden July 26, 1938

Christopher Bowden Oct. 26, 1942

"DEATHS

Gustavus Adolphus Church died June 4, 1879

Harriet N. Church died July 7, 1894

Sylvia Church Benedict Jan. 1, 1892

Edith H. Strong Nov. 19, 1926

Phillip B. Sanford Jan. 10, 1921

Charles F. Benedict July 7, 1902

Leon Gray Benedict Oct. 2, 1938

Leon M. Brown July 5th., 1941"

(End of record)

Miscellaneous Benedict Notes

Gleaned by Terry Heismann

From History of the Kimball Family in America 1634-1897 (1897), p. 489.

"...James Madison Kimball born Burrillsville, Rhode Island

12 May 1814 married Caroline M. Benedict at Fall River, Massachusetts 25 August 1835. He married second Cornelia Walcott. [The book lists 5 children, but doesn't say of which mother]:

1. Uriah Benedict born 11 August 1836 died Memphis, Tennessee, December 1863.

2. Sarah W. born 16 September 1839 died 3 March 1885, married John E. Slawson.

3. Henry Harrison born 5 October 1841, drowned in the Mississippi River 6 June 1860.

4. James Clinton born 18 September 1843.

5. William B. born 19 September 1848..."

Ibid., p. 518

"Lucy Kimball m. Joseph Kilgore, child Calvin Kilgore married _______ Benedict."

From A Genealogical History of the Rehoboth Branch of the Carpenter Family in America by Amos Carpenter (1898), p. 425.

"...Nancy Carpenter (daughter of Luther) born 30 May 1811 married Thomas Benedict 13 June 1837. They resided in Smithfield, Rhode Island. He was a manufacturer and he died 8 September 1845..."

Ibid., p. 779.

"...Sarah Ann (daughter of Jasper H. and Lydia Roush) born 12 October 1868, married Clarence Benedict at Campbell, [?Kent County] Michigan 17 June 1689/90 [?1889 or 90]. He was born 7 December 1867. They lived in Bowne [?Ionia County], Michigan. Two children:

From The Leavitts of America, published by Mrs. Jane Jennings Eldredge (1924), p. 108.

"...Polly Benedict married Levi Lane. Their daughter Charlotte Lane born 29 June1829, died 13 February 1916 married Josiah Leavitt..."

Ibid., p. 181.

"... Emma Leavitt Smith married Edward S. Benedict. She was the daughter of Emma Leavitt who was born about 1803 and Warren D. Smith..."

From Register of the Middlebrook Family by Louis Middlebrook, p. 84.

"...Henry Edward Castle married Harriet Frances Benedict at Monroe Connecticut, 3 November 1869. She died at Oxford, Connecticut 10 September 1878 age 29 years, 6 months, 14 days. He then married second Elbertine M. Dresser of Great Barrington, Massachusetts on 2 May 1883. Children:

Ibid., p. 188.

"Lucreita Henrietta Gregory (daughter of William D. Gregory and Sarah A. Middlebrook) born 13 September 1855 Wilton, Connecticut married Frederick D. Benedict on 28 September 1882..."

Ibid., p. 253.

"James Henry Middlebrook born West Troy, New York 18 November 1866 married Jessie Tuttle Benedict who was born 15 April 1868 Danbury, Connecticut ..."

(End of notes)

Benedicts in Ohio 1850 (Continued from Vol. 6, No. 3, p. 37)

Transcribed from microfilm by Mary Alice Benedict Grindol, March 1999 at the Western Michigan University Archives and Regional History Collections, Kalamazoo, Michigan. The AIS index was relied on to find these names. The indexing was sometimes done using the handwritten page numbers and sometimes using the stamped page numbers.

Abbreviations:

Dw = Dwelling, Fam = Family, $ RE = Value of Real Estate, BP = Birth place, Att. school = Attended school within year.

Roll 700, Knox County

Morris Twp., page 29

402 408 Benedict L. 30 M Farmer 1600 OH This page at end of higher numbers - all stamped page numbers unless other indicated

5th Ward Mt. Vernon, page 213

98 104 Benedict Sarah 34 F OH born Knox Co. HH John Trimble, 43

776 816 Benedict George 34 M Farmer VT

777 818 Benedict Herman 31 M Farmer VT Named "Heman" in index

Roll 701 , Lake County

Madison Dist. 85, page 136

380 380 Benedick [sic] Jewit 50 M Farmer 1200 NY "James" in index

454 454 Benedict Wm 42 M Farmer 1200 NH

Painesville, Dist. 85, page 201

413 419 Benedict R.J. 43 M Shoemaker 700 CT index says p. 202

Roll no. 702, Licking County

Newark, page 39 [78]

521 583 Benedict John 24 M Merchant VT p. 39 stamped no. 78, handwritten & indexed

Roll no. 703, Licking County

McKean Twp., page 266[532]

1400 1419 Benedic [sic] Levi 26 M Laborer OH

Roll no. 704, Logan County,

Jefferson Twp. Dist. 17, page 216

274 274 Benedict Henry 35 M Farmer 2000 Unknown

Roll no. 705, Lorain County

Pittsfield Twp. Dist. 9, page 274[547]

455 459 Benedict Thomas 29 M Farmer 100 OH

Roll no. 706, Lucas County

Waynesfield, page 3

31 33 Benedict Amasa 34 M Boatman NY

Benedict Elmira 33 F NY

Benedict Watson W. [?or N.] 11 M NY

Benedict [?Neore...e] 7 M NY att. school

Benedict Emily M. 4 F NY att. school

Benedict John 4/12 M OH

[?Neitt] Caroline 18 F Germany

Clark Miss 40 F Canada

(To be continued)

George Grenville Benedict (Vermont)
From Proceedings of the Vermont Historical Society 1905 - 1906 (Montpelier, Vermont: Vermont Historical Society, 1906), pp. 161 - 164.

Editor’s note: The subject had been Vermont Historical Society president. Details of his family and descendants can be found on pages 213 - 214 of The Genealogy of the Benedicts in America, Vol. 1 by Henry Marvin Benedict (1870) and page 226, Vol. 2 by Elwyn E. Benedict (1969). His lineage in brackets [ ] is taken from the genealogy books.

George Grenville Benedict [ Col. George Grenville Benedict, A.M.,8 George Wyllys, LL.d,7 Rev. Joel Tyler,6 Rev. Abner,5 Peter,4 James,3 John,2 Thomas,1], for 54 years connected with the Burlington Free Press and for 40 years its editor-in-chief, died in Camden, S. C., at 12:45 o’clock Monday morning, April 8, 1907.

On February 4 Mr. and Mrs. Benedict left Burlington, with the intention of passing the balance of the winter and the early spring in the South, Miami, Fla., being their objective point. In St. Augustine, where they stopped with the intention of remaining a few days, Mr. Benedict suffered on February 11 a serious attack of heart failure, being unconscious for an hour. He rallied from the attack and seemed to gain in strength, although slowly. The trip to Miami was abandoned and Mr. and Mrs. Benedict remained in St. Augustine until April 1, when they started North stopping first in Savannah, Ga., and reaching Camden Thursday, April 4. A letter written by Mr. Benedict the following day was received in Burlington Monday morning, a few hours before the telegram came announcing his death. In the letter Mr. Benedict said that he stood the journey well, but the final summons came very suddenly from another attack of heart failure.

Mr. Benedict was born in Burlington December 10, 1826, a direct descendant of Lieut. Thomas Benedict, who came from Nottinghamshire*, England, to America in 1638. He prepared for college in the Burlington Academy, graduated from the University of Vermont in 1847 and three years later received from the same institution the degree of master of arts. After leaving college he was a teacher in the Washington Institute in New York City for about a year, and for the three years following was occupied in building and superintending the lines of the Vermont & Boston Telegraph Company, of which company he was president from 1860 to 1865.

In August, 1862, Mr. Benedict enlisted as private in Company C, 12th regiment of Vermont volunteers. In January following he was promoted to a lieutenancy and was subsequently detailed as aide-de-camp on the staff of Gen. George J. Stannard, commanding the second Vermont brigade. He received a medal of honor, awarded by Congress for distinguished conduct in the battle of Gettysburg, July 3, 1863. He was mustered out of service July 14, 1863. He later served as assistant inspector-general of the State militia, with the rank of major, and in 1866 was aide-de-camp on the staff of Governor Paul Dillingham, with the rank of colonel. A close student of army matters and a graceful writer, Mr. Benedict was in 1878 appointed State military historian, in which capacity he prepared the history of "Vermont in the Civil War," in two volumes. He also published "Vermont at Gettysburg" and a volume of army letters entitled "Army Life in Virginia."

Mr. Benedict’s interest in the University of Vermont was active and unceasing from the years when he was a student there. His father was for 23 years a professor, while three of his brothers, a son and several nephews were students at different times. For 40 years Mr. Benedict has been a trustee and secretary of the institution and for a long time one of the executive committee.

In politics Mr. Benedict was always a staunch republican. He served at different times as secretary and chairman of the State committee of his party and was a delegate to various State and national conventions. He was postmaster of Burlington 1861 - 65. In 1869 he was elected State senator from Chittenden County and was re-elected the following year. For the next four years he was for the second time postmaster of Burlington and from 1889 to 1893 was collector of customs for the district of Vermont. In non-political offices he at different time was President of the Vermont Press Association, president of the Vermont Historical Society, president of the Vermont Society of the Sons of the American Revolution, governor of the Vermont Society of Colonial Wars and was a member of the Grand Army of the Republic and of the Military Order of the Loyal Legion. He was a devoted member and for a long term of years clerk of the College Street Congregational Church, a corporator of the Burlington Savings Bank and a director of the National Life Insurance Company of Montpelier.

Mr. Benedict became associated with his father in the management of the Free Press in 1853 and 13 years later, in 1866, took up the duties of editor-in-chief, a position which he held at the time of his death, being the dean of Vermont journalism.

Mr. Benedict was twice married, his first wife being Mary A. Kellogg of Canaan, N. Y. She died in 1857, leaving a daughter, Mary. In 1864 Mr. Benedict married Katharine A. Pease. She survives him, together with a son, Prof. George Wyllis Benedict of Providence, R. I. Two brothers, Robert D. and B. Lincoln, reside in Brooklyn, N.Y.

[Following this obituary, there are long tributes by President M. H. Buckham of the University of Vermont and by

J. L. Southwick, of the editorial staff of the Burlington Free Press. They are not included here but may be found on pages 164 - 177 of the previously named publication. - ed.]

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* See this newsletter, Vol. IV, No. 1 for a discussion of this previously supposed Nottinghamshire origin for Thomas1 Benedict as opposed to his more likely Norfolk County, England roots.

Pvt. Stephen Benedict, War 1812 Claim

From New York State Archives, Cultural Education Center 11D40, Albany NY 12230, "Declaration" [Claim for back pay] for Stephen Benedict, of Onondaga County, New York. He appears to be Stephen Benedict6 (Gilbert,5 Nathaniel,4 Nathaniel,3 Samuel,2 Thomas,1) who appears on page 263, Genealogy of the Benedicts in America, Vol. 1 (1870) and in this newsletter, Vol. 5, No. 1, page 11 (Ohio 1850 census). If this is your family and you would like a copy of these documents, write to the editor. For a complete list of Benedicts listed in the "Damage Claim" files and an explanation of this series, see this newsletter, Volume V, No. 2, page 23.

Damage claim for Stephen Benedict, No. 4,440: "On this 16th day of January A.D., 1854, personally appeared... Stephen Benedict aged 70 years, a resident of Pompey, Onondaga Co. in the State of New York, who being duly sworn according to law, declares that he is the identical Stephen Benedict who was a private in the Company commanded by Capt. Asa Wells in the 98th Regiment of Militia commanded by Col. C. Clark in the War with Great Britain, declared by the United States on the 18th of June, 1812. That he volunteered under the General Orders of the Governor of this State, for its defence at Sacketts Harbor on or about the 18th day of October A.D., 1814 for the term of three months... and continued in actual service for the term of one month and was honorably discharged from said service; for which he has received from the United States his Land Warrant No. 8492 for 40 acres and that he has not received any additional pay authorizing additional pay to be "made," &c., passed by the Legislature of the State of New York, October 21st, 1814, a copy of which is hereunto annexed; and that there is now due and payable to him from the State of New York, the sum of five dollars, with interest thereon, agreeable to the said Law. And further, in the performance of the service before recited, he furnished, at his own cost, the following clothing and equipments, as directed by the "Act to organize the Militia of the State of New York," &c., passed March 29th, 1809, and the General Orders heretofore referred to:

1 Hat $2.00

1 Ordinary Coat $5.00

1 Vest $1.00

1 Pair Pantaloons $3.00

1 Overcoat $4.00

1 Blanket $2.00

1 Knapsack $ .75

1 Canteen $ .25 [scribble in dollar column]

2 Pair Stockings $1.00

2 Shirts $2.00

1 "Suwarrow Boots," $5.00

1 Neckerchief $ .75

In amount $26.75/100 dollars which were depreciated, worn out, lost and destroyed in said service, for which he has not received payment either in part or whole. and that the said sum, together with his additional pay $31.75/100 dollars, is justly due and payable to him, with interest thereon, for his services and contingent expenses as Volunteer in the Militia of said State, for its defence during the said War, as provided to be paid by the Act entitled "An Act for the relief of certain Volunteers," &c., passed April 21st, 1818, a copy of which is hereunto annexed. [Signed] Stephen Benedict who then appointed Elias W. Benson to act as his attorney.

The second page of this claim again affirms that he was given 40 acres of Bounty Land per the Act of 1854. This side is signed by Jonathan Savage, Justice of the Peace. [According to index he was paid $16.50.]

Damage claim, No. 401: This one is dated 17 June 1857 and Stephen Benedict was 73 years old, a resident of Pompey, Onondaga County, New York. This claim is again for service under Capt. Asa Wells in the 98th Regiment of New York but this claim is for service at Smith Mills on or about 18 October 1814 for the term of one month. This claim says that he received 120 acres of Bounty Land. No land warrant number is given on either page of the document. He believes that five dollars is due to him with interest. His list of clothing this time is thus:

1 Hat $2

1 Ordinary coat $8

1 Vest [amount scribbled over]

1 Pr. Pantaloons $4

1 Stock $1

1 Overcoat $10

1 Blanket $3

1 Knapsack $1

1 Canteen $ .50

2 Pr. Stockings $1

2 Shirts $3

1 Suwarrow Boots $5

1 Neckerchief $1

Cash pd. for subsistence on the march

to Smith Mills $5

Cash paid for subsistence home from

Smith Mills $3

In amount fifty 50/100 dollars which were depreciated, worn out, lost and destroyed in said service, for which he has not received payment, either in part or whole. and that the said sum, together with his additional pay fifty five 50/100 dollars, is justly due and payable to him, with interest thereon... [signed] Stephen Benedict. [According to index he was paid $17.75.]

The second page afirms the 120 acres of Bounty Land but gives no date or number. Levi Wells is the Justice of the Peace who signed.

Stephen Benedict’s signature at age 70

Queries

[ Editor's note: some of these addresses may no longer be current.]

Abbreviations used this issue:

b. = born d. = died m. = married ca. = circa (on or about) dau. = daughter

Two letter zip code abbreviations are used for states

BENEDICT/ PUTNAM
Seeking parents and ancestry of Dorance Marion Benedict b. 11 May 1819 in or near Columbus OH. His father d. when Dorance was young, possibly during the fever epidemic of 1823 in the Columbus OH area. Dorance's mother, maiden name Putnam and a descendant of Major General Israel Putnam of Revolutionary War fame, remarried to who? When Dorance was 15 he left home, never saw or heard from his mother again. He walked from the Columbus OH area with a knapsack and a dog to the Burlington IA area arriving there in 1834. Dorance m. 1840 Catherine Wykert who was b. 31 January 1825. They lived in or near Burlington IA. They had 11 children, the 9th Florella "Lilly" Benedict b. 24 January 1859 Burlington IA, d. 7 February 1939, buried in Wykert Cemetery Burlington IA. Dorance, Catherine Wykert, or Florella not listed in index of B of America, Vol. 1 or 2.
--- Robert Ted Haas, 2205 East Arbor Dr., Huntsville AL 35811, e mail: tahaas@msn.com

 

BENEDICT/ WILKINS
Looking for Larry E. Benedict b. Plattsmouth NE 11 May 1941 to Robert and Pearl (Wilkins) Benedict. Neither Pearl Wilkins or Larry, Laurence, or Lawrence with middle name or initial "E" are in B of A, Vol. 2. No Larry Benedict (or such) b. 1941 is in Social Security Death Index.
—- Theresa (Benedict) Kinnison, TG5766@aol.com (If you do not have e-mail access, contact the editor or queries editor with your information.)

BENEDICT/ BETTS
Am searching for parents of Lydia BETTS who was the 3rd wife of Stephen BENEDICT, #75, pg. 95, Vol. I of Genealogy of the Benedicts in America. Stephen & Lydia had 3 children. I am descended from the 2nd son Alfred BENEDICT.
--- Sandra Smith, P.O. Box 244, Wesphalia MI 48894. e-mail: <ml2984@power-net.net>

BENEDICT/ DEPEW
I have Volumes I & II of Genealogy of Benedicts in America. When I last communicated with Elwyn Benedict we were trying to find a link between my gggrand father Daniel BENEDICT born in Orange Co. NY & Wallace BENEDICT b. 27 Jul 1776 and married to Rachel DEPEW. The list of their children, one of whom is Daniel, fits the date, but I still have no concrete proof that this is my Daniel. If anyone has proof of my Daniel's birth I would love to see it.
--- Joan Bray, 3497 L Ave., Adel IA 50003. e-mail: <DBray43217@aol.com>

Charles A. Benedict, Riverboat Pilot

Marilyn A. Finke, who is a volunteer at the National Archives Kansas City Branch, 2312 East Bannister Rd., Kansas City MO 64131-3011, has sent us photocopies of two "Special Pilot" licenses for C. A. Benedict. The first, dated 16 April 1889 authorizes him to perform the duties of "Spec on Nelly May 2nd Pilot upon Steam Vessels for one year from this date." It bears the signature of "Chas. A. Benedict."

The second license, dated 28 April 1892 states it is the fourth issue of license (though Marilyn did not find the remaining two) and authorizes C. A. Benedict (which, this time is the way he signed it) to perform the duties of "Special Pilot on the Mississippi River and Tributaries." The latter was notarized in [?Wabasha] County, Minnesota.

The Charles A.’s and Charles’s are very numerous in the indexes of The Genealogy of the Benedicts in America’s two volumes. We weren’t able to easily identify this man. If you have a family tradition that identifies your Charles Benedict ancestor as a Mississipi Riverman, let us know and we may be able to send you copies of these licenses. Write the editor at benedictnz@aol.com